…and I don’t even care that much about the grass to be honest.
except the original lyrics didn’t go like that…
Are you sure about that?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (I want you, please, take me home)
https://genius.com/Guns-n-roses-paradise-city-lyrics
I mean they repeat it a whole bunch of times.
From Genius:
"Guns N Roses guitarist Slash – who wrote most of the music for this song – wanted the repeat of the chorus to change to:
Where the girls are fat
And they’ve got big titties
Lead singer Axl Rose didn’t go for it. Instead it follows with nice sights most Americans long to find. Particularly for being better than usual (after all, the grass is always greener on the other side).
Note the alliteration: grass, green and girls."
Thanks for the fun fact! I didn’t know this.
We always used to sing … “Where the girls are green and the grass is pretty”
When you’re young, horny and reasonably healthy it makes a lot more sense.
How old I am:
Translated Paradise City into French for my gf, hand written in a perfumed letter on real stationary. She loved it. Yes, I got laid, but that was happening anyway as we were 18.
… did she know that was a translation, or you went like "here is an original French poem I wrote about you "
I mean… I’ve been where the grass is spray painted rocks and the girls aren’t pretty… I’d rather green grass and pretty girls.